Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

Anya ,'Potential'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Steph L. - Apr 02, 2009 5:55:55 am PDT #5306 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Plus I don't think I really used conditioner then.

In college I lived with 3 other girls, and I was *stunned* to find that none of them used conditioner. None! And their hair was shiny and healthy.

If I didn't use conditioner (in the shower, rinse out, and then once I'm out of the shower, a spray-on leave-in conditioner), my hair would be unbrushable straw.


Hil R. - Apr 02, 2009 5:56:44 am PDT #5307 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I use the Curl Friends leave-in conditioner. It works wonders.


Amy - Apr 02, 2009 5:58:26 am PDT #5308 of 30000
Because books.

I was *stunned* to find that none of them used conditioner.

As a teen, though, I never used conditioner or moisturizer. For one, my hair was much oilier then, and I guess my face was, too.

Although, oddly, I break out more *now* than I ever did then, which strikes me as wrong and evil and annoying.


Hil R. - Apr 02, 2009 5:59:49 am PDT #5309 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Hil R. - Apr 02, 2009 6:01:47 am PDT #5310 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I know that I can get my hair to behave nicely like my sister's does. She's taught me how to do it. I just don't have the patience, since it takes a good hour worth of work after each shampoo.


Steph L. - Apr 02, 2009 6:02:51 am PDT #5311 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I was *stunned* to find that none of them used conditioner.

As a teen, though, I never used conditioner or moisturizer. For one, my hair was much oilier then, and I guess my face was, too.

I guess conditioner was always about making my hair less tangly, rather than a question of dry vs. oily, because I'm pretty sure my teen hair was oily, too.


Barb - Apr 02, 2009 6:05:54 am PDT #5312 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

I have fine, thick hair that was stick straight until pregnancy. Now it has a very slight bend to it, right below my chin so I either have to have it shoulder-length or longer or experiment with the angled bob from last summer. Right now I'm growing it out because I'm lazy and I'd like to have it longer again.

Abby's hair is an absolute marvel-- super, super thick (if I make one single braid, it's as thick around as my wrist) and very wavy, bordering on curly in places. I think if she ever wanted to have her hair cut short and in layers, it might do some lovely things.

Nate, on the other hand, has super, super thick hair, but straight and with about a million cowlicks. He looks like a dandelion fluff if his hair gets too long-- and because he's such a total boy, he has absolutely no interest in having it cut in an actual style with layers (I'm dying for the day he does, because it'll look SO good) so mostly, he has it buzzed short, which is good for Florida, especially for three seasons out of the year.


sj - Apr 02, 2009 6:10:53 am PDT #5313 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

My hair still gets crazy tangles in seconds. I find it isn't quite as bad if I put it in a ponytail at night. Sometimes I will take a comb into the shower and comb through it before I rinse out the conditioner.


Calli - Apr 02, 2009 6:12:18 am PDT #5314 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My hair is straight and fine—most barrettes just slide out. Mom used some sort of amazing conditioner when I was wee, so combing wasn't too much of a drama. But it's so straight and fine that when it gets too long it just looks limp, unless I want to spend time with a blow-drier and product, so I don't let it get much below chin length anymore.


Amy - Apr 02, 2009 6:13:03 am PDT #5315 of 30000
Because books.

I have fine, thick hair that was stick straight until pregnancy.

Hair stylists always tell me my hair is fine, but "you have a lot of it," and I always raise an eyebrow. May be true, but my hair still feels pretty ... thin to me.

My hair was stick straight as a kid. So pretty! And now it has weird waves in weird places, and will curl in the humidity, or if I cut it short enough and scrunch it.